Alice Heiman podcast interview on trade show sales tips

A Sales Manager’s Guide To Killer Engagement At Your Next Trade Show Sales Booth, with Alice Heiman, Episode #125

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If you are going to spend the time and money to send people from your company to work a trade show booth, you need to be sure that you get the greatest ROI possible. This episode of #SellingWithSocial features my friend, Alice Heiman who has co-founded TradeShow Makeover, a company designed to help you sell more at trade shows.

Listen to hear the biggest trade show fails Alice has seen, who she says should be manning your booth, what your objectives at trade shows should be, how to convert sales leads from a trade show into revenue, and more.

This episode could empower your team to get more qualified leads into your pipeline in one weekend than they are able to get all year, so be sure you listen to Alice’s tips.

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Are You Guilty Of These Trade Show Fails?

Alice has seen it all when it comes to the things people do while manning booths at trade shows so I asked her to share the biggest fails she’s seen. Among the many hilarious – and sad things she had to share were:

And the biggest fail of all: Lack of preparation.

Alice says that when a company does not diligently train the people working the booth, they leave a lot of the benefits of being at the trade show on the trade show floor. You’ve got to hear Alice’s observations and tips. Her advice is gold for those who want to make trade show participation truly worth it.

After all, achieving success in modern sales means combining digital selling strategies with old-school methods, such as selling at trade shows. This is how your reps have more sales conversations and increase their win rates.

Who Should Work Your Trade Show Sales Booth?

Should the people working your trade show booth be Business Development Reps? Or should you send the most experienced closers, people who know how to have conversations that address the problems prospects are looking to solve?

Alice says a lot of thought needs to go into who’s going to staff the booth and that the decisions you come to may differ depending on whether you’re a startup or established company, what size booth you have, what your goals are, and more.

Most importantly, Alice’s biggest trade show tip is to figure out what you want from your participation at the show. You’ll be able to decide on who should be in the booth based on those goals. Alice says it’s often beneficial to have a blend of people at the booth, including senior executives and founders, subject matter experts who can answer questions that may arise, customer success executives, and of course, great sales managers.

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A Sales Manager’s Guide to Generating High-Quality Leads at the Sales Booth

Many companies try to motivate their booth personnel by putting silly contests into place. One of the most common is giving some kind of spiff or reward for the person who scans the most badges. Alice is on a mission to kill that idea because it doesn’t work and isn’t a very effective way to get qualified leads.

Rather than scanning badges like crazy, booth staff should be focused on having memorable conversations to generate high-quality leads. This includes asking questions that make people think, providing insights people haven’t thought about before, and expressing empathy for the problems booth visitors are facing.

When you get contact information from people who have experienced those types of conversations at your trade show booth, you’ll acquire leads genuinely interested in your product or service, particularly in the context of stake eth.

How To Get The Best Sales ROI From A Trade Show

If you’re going to participate in a trade show, how can you get a high ROI? Alice says it begins with aligning marketing and sales before the show to decide what they’re goals are. That means putting measures in place that you can quantify, such as:

Every company will need to nuance those measures to fit their industry and goals, but the point remains that clear measures need to be in mind – and everyone staffing the sales booth should be trained on those goals and how to go about reaching them.

This is vitally important because when you work trade shows you’re in a target-rich environment where your team can have more sales conversations and qualify more leads. You’ll also be in an environment where you can save money overall.

Statistics from the Center for Exhibit Industry Research show that it costs 62% less to convert leads from a show than from leads generated in the field. Listen to learn how to get the biggest ROI from your next trade show booth.

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This episode is brought to you by Gong.io, the number one conversation intelligence platform for sales. Gong helps you achieve revenue success, which means you win more deals, skyrocket rep performance and gain critical market intelligence. Get powerful visibility into your customer conversations with Gong. Head to http://bit.ly/gongio to get started.

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